The main goal of this contribution is to emphasis some of the recently developed and investigated approaches in the field of multiscale material modelling. Apparently, the list is by far not complete. To mention solely two additional related research areas, recently further investigated phase-field formulations (applied, for instance, to the modelling of phase-transformation phenomena or dislocation-based effects) as well as the description of deformation-induced texture by means of the introduction of evolving orientation distribution functions are mentioned here. While this contribution places emphasis mainly on metallic materials, similar computational concepts can also be applied to applications in different research fields such as biological materials. A key aspect of the computational multiscale models presented is their numerical efficiency. In this regard, computationally rather expensive approaches as, for example, so-called finite element (FE) methods are not further discussed here. The main reason for this restriction consists in the long term goal to apply these multi-scale formulations to the simulation of advanced technological processes. As a vision for future multi-scale simulations, the effect of microstructural material properties, as well as the deformation-induced evolution thereof, can be accounted for when planning a technological production process so that multi-scale material modelling contributes to the optimization of technological products and their lifetime properties.